Giving and Tithing
Books
The following books are recommended as you explore how you can best save, sacrifice, and spend your money for the sake of urgent spiritual and physical need around the world.
> Money, Possessions, and Eternity by Randy Alcorn
> The Treasure Principles by Randy Alcorn
> The Law of Rewards by Randy Alcorn
> Stott on Stewardship by John Stott
> Secrets of the Generous Life by Gordon MacDonald
> Too Small To Ignore by Wes Stafford
> Fields of the Fatherless by C. Thomas Davis
> When Helping Hurts: Alleviating Poverty Without Hurting the Poor And Ourselves by Brian Fikkert, Steve Corbett, and John Perkins
> Neither Poverty Nor Riches: A Biblical Theology of Possessions by Craig Blomberg
Helpful Websites
The following sites contain all sorts of information and/or resources regarding budgeting and giving. Some of these sites are not going to coincide perfectly with the Radical Experiment, but hopefully they will prove helpful as you seek to put a cap on your spending in order to give as much away as possible.
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Generous Giving: www.generousgiving.org
As you browse through the site, make sure to go to their "Research Library," the internet's largest known Christian stewardship library, it is arrranged in six sections and contains hundreds of articles, reports and papers that examine trends and motives in twenty-first century giving.
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Crown Financial Ministries: www.crown.org
Crown Financial Ministries is an interdenominational ministry dedicated to equipping people around the world to learn, apply, and teach biblical financial principles. Crown has taught or equipped more than 50 million people in over 80 nations with the life-transforming message of faithfully living by God's financial principles in every area of their lives. The ministry is located in the United States, Canada, Latin America, South America, and Africa, and is expanding into Europe, India, Asia, and Australia.
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Dave Ramsey: www.daveramsey.com
This site is home to Financial Peace University, a 13-week class on how to save money, live on a budget, communicate about money, eliminate debt, find bargains and experience the joy of giving.
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Eternal Perspective Ministries: www.epm.org
The home site for Randy Alcorn, author of Money, Possessions, and Eternity. Go here for his articles on giving.
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